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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: monteini on February 27, 2006, 11:03:08 AM
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hitech
I was just reading your post on the spinner comming off of your plane, and was wondering what you fly? Are you instrument rated? I'm a private pilot with 236 hours and fly a 1964 172, I'm thinking about getting my instrument rating. Just curious. Also if anyone else is a pilot out there what do you fly?
Nick172
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Commercial Single/Multi Instrument CFI/MEI
Working on my CFII right now - got about 270 hours. Most of it is in 172's but I've also logged time in 152s, 172 RGs, and Piper Seminoles - in other words nothing too exciting. :)
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CFI/CFII/MEI
roundabouts 1500hrs in 35 types of airplanes.
Accepted a job with a 135 outfit in their C-560's and will be going to school for those at the first vacancy. ::happy dance::
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/856_1141078692_palmbeachpost3small.jpg)
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/856_1138265121_ultragolfer.jpg)
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DOH!
Hitech has an RV-8.
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I start lessons again this summer. I soloed a Cessna 175 in high school, but ran out of money. Had to divert it to college tuition. Did a little flying in a glider one of the Universities clubs owned, but that blew away in a wind storm.
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Originally posted by Golfer
CFI/CFII/MEI
roundabouts 1500hrs in 35 types of airplanes.
Accepted a job with a 135 outfit in their C-560's and will be going to school for those at the first vacancy. ::happy dance::
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/856_1141078692_palmbeachpost3small.jpg)
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/856_1138265121_ultragolfer.jpg)
Some guys you just have to love to hate.:furious :cry
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I fly a bit. I have 283 hours currently and just obtained my instrument. Most hours in a 80' 172 and probably 70 hours or so in a little old 150. Lately I have been flying a 1999 206. Funnest plane I've flown is a SR22 (only flew it 1.5)
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Originally posted by Golfer
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/856_1141078692_palmbeachpost3small.jpg)
You should bring that to Sun n Fun.
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Commercial Single-engine, Multi-engine, Rotorcraft Helicopter, CFI Rotorcraft Helicopter.
3500+ hours 12 different types of Helos, Citation I/II type rating.
"To fly is heavenly....To Hover is DEVINE"
NAVCAD
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Didn't you fly tomcats Nav? If so that's the most important one. :D
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I am an AH 'beta' graduate and also had extensive experience in AH1 and now AH2. I have not updated the logbook in a while, but my wife would say I have WAY too many hours logged in the air.
Actually come to think of it I have more hours flying a 'chute' than anything else. Sigh.....
:cool:
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I have one hour of crapping my pants in one of these.
(http://www.aircombat.com/images/kill.jpg)
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Originally posted by F4UDOA
I have one hour of crapping my pants in one of these.
(http://www.aircombat.com/images/kill.jpg)
Nice. Now, that would be fun. :)
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Originally posted by F4UDOA
I have one hour of crapping my pants in one of these.
(http://www.aircombat.com/images/kill.jpg)
Me too :)
RV6 and I shaking hands before our duel. Ship 207 is me on his wing heading out toward Gettysburg where we engaged in our aerial dual to the death. I died repeatedly :cry
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/621_1110861829_formationandhandshake.jpg)
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Looks like a lotta fun. I never tried that, but I do have over 18,000 hours from DC10's down to Great Lakes, Champs, floatplanes, gliders, helicopters, and a year as a door gunner/crew chief in sunny SE Asia.:)
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Uncle was a crew chief on a UH-1. Always talks about the fun he had then. (especially since I got into aviation)
He had reason to be happy. Dad worked in the pentagon as a civilian aide to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and when he was drafted went right back to his job. He knew enough of the right people to keep my uncle out and even get some guys their 3rd and 4th tours when they were turned down for more duty. He wound up stationed in Germany and has well over 300hrs in helicopters as instruction given by his pilots who needed to log so much to stay current if I understood correctly.
Now on the other hand he said if I ever get the chance I need to experience firing an M-60 from the door of a Huey. Still working on that one :)
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Originally posted by Golfer
Uncle was a crew chief on a UH-1. Always talks about the fun he had then. (especially since I got into aviation)
Hehe,
I am pretty sure it is a LOT more fun when no one is shooting at you.;)
Originally posted by Golfer
Now on the other hand he said if I ever get the chance I need to experience firing an M-60 from the door of a Huey.
The M-60 was a great weapon as long as it doesn't overheat.
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When you see a PT boat on your six at 10k alt, then you know who is he,
and what he fly.
( old farts know what im talking about ):rofl
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It has been more years than I want to admit to, and I no longer have my ticket. But I was able to spend many happy hours in a P-38L owned by Col James Fink. Sorry guys, but the guns were disabled!
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Commercial helicopter pilot, couple thousand hours.
Flown in everything from gliders to light fixed wing to helicopters to fighters. I'm ex airforce. CF-18 was probably the top of the food chain for me flying wise. ( I never flew them as PIC, but have 20 hrs or so in the back seat of our duals, and that 20hrs was all "stick time").
Currently fly Robinson R-44's (although not much anymore), Bell 206's and Astars. Spend most of my time in Astars, great machine.
We have a real passion in this Aces High. Great community, and lots of great friends (even if you never meet them).
OH! And GATO! You have me all jealous! Damn! Good on ya!
Cheers and !
RTR
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Thanks RTR. It was a long time ago, but the memory will be with me forever. I really miss my time in the air. BTW, I'm also retired A.F. I retired back in 1981.
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Gato, what do you think of the P-38 in Aces High, given that you've flown real ones?
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Private Pilot SEL, Instrument. I'll be doing my Comm check ride in the next couple of weeks followed immediately by my CFI check ride, then my CFII. Then I'm on to Multi and MEI. I've got just over 250 hours.
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I've flown a bit. 495 hours in eight different aircraft. C-150, C-152, C-172, C-182, Decathlon, Champ. I've owned a few: Culver Cadet, Gere Biplane, KR-2, Quickie.
Gere biplane pics (http://www4.localaccess.com/dcowan/biplane/gspics.htm)
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Brooke as far as the damage the plane can take or give out, I have to rely on what I read and have been told by the older pilots. Saying that, it is off a good bit, but as far as the way it flies and handles in the game are pretty close. In fact, in that area AH is better than any other simi which has The P-38 in it. (at least the ones I've tried.)
The one I flew was not the one Col Fink flew in the war, it never made it home. But from the stories he told me, The plane could almost fly in pieces. I mean with boom damage, parts of wings missing, damaged rudder controls, you name it. It was one tough bird.
If anyone ever runs across a picture of the "Rat fink". It had orange nose art of a rat with large, bloodshot eyes. Please let me know. I have been looking in all my old slides for it, with no luck.
I want to all who fly now. :aok :aok
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Originally posted by RTR
Commercial helicopter pilot, couple thousand hours. Cheers and !
RTR
HeHe got my private helo in Hiller 12B then on to Commercial, CFII logging bout 3000 hours in FH 1100, Bell 206, Hughes 500D and Augusta 109. Most fun flying I ever did was 4 years for the NBC TV affiliate in Portland during Mt. St. Helens era including bout 1000 hours of volcano time.:D